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msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2008-09-02 09:25 am

Sarah, Trig, and Bristol

In the last week, I have gone from snickering at John McCain's choice for veep, to wondering whether he actually intends to keep her. What if she demurely says "Under the circumstances, Mr. McCain, I feel I can no longer stand as this party's nominee for vice president."

He gets the points for suggesting a conservative and a woman. She gets press. Then he can go back to a secret Plan A and choose another old white guy, during the convention, and claim it's all to mend things up. He can back away from the baby scandals and the brother-in-law and the polar bears, and pick a less-Right guy more like himself, having "shown" that he supports women in high office.

[identity profile] digitalemur.livejournal.com 2008-09-02 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish I could find more people who still remained a fan of pols they couldn't vote for, because I think it's actually a healthier way to proceed and more pleasant for all of us. Sorta like how I expect that in a good job search at my job, we'll bring in three candidates I can be a fan of, even if in the end I'm going to vote for one of them.

And lemme tell you, I don't think the McCain campaign met THAT mark with Palin, of bringing in someone you can be a fan of even if you won't vote for her. Cuz sheeeeez!

[identity profile] goldsquare.livejournal.com 2008-09-02 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You can work with someone, if you think of them as decent human beings.

Palin might be, or she might be the poster child for the Religious Right that she is being painted. Too soon to tell. She does seem to be a bit unsophisticated in her thinking, but that's a bare first impression.